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Global biogeography and ecology of body size in birds by Olson, Valérie A, Davies, Richard G, Orme, C. David L, Thomas, Gavin H, Meiri, Shai, Blackburn, Tim M, Gaston, Kevin J, Owens, Ian P.F, Bennett, Peter M

“…In 1847, Karl Bergmann proposed that temperature gradients are the key to understanding geographic variation in the body sizes of warm-blooded animals. Yet…”
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The evolution of sexual dimorphism in New Zealand giant moa (Dinornis) and other ratites by Olson, Valérie A., Turvey, Samuel T.

“…The extinct giant moa Dinornis is one of the most remarkable known examples of reversed sexual size dimorphism (RSD), with males weighing 34–85 kg, but females…”
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State-level regulation of disinfection byproducts in the United States by Wang, Jie, McNally, Max G., Ulibarri, Nicola, Gim, Changdeok, Olson, Valerie A., Feldman, David L.

“…Disinfection byproducts (DBPs), residual compounds formed from the chemical disinfection of drinking water, can cause a host of damaging public health and…”
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Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates by Grenyer, Richard, Gittleman, John L, Owens, Ian P. F, Orme, C. David L, Jackson, Sarah F, Thomas, Gavin H, Davies, Richard G, Davies, T. Jonathan, Jones, Kate E, Olson, Valerie A, Ridgely, Robert S, Rasmussen, Pamela C, Ding, Tzung-Su, Bennett, Peter M, Blackburn, Tim M, Gaston, Kevin J

“…Global conservation strategies commonly assume that different taxonomic groups show congruent geographical patterns of diversity, and that the distribution of…”
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Does the mind map learning strategy facilitate information retrieval and critical thinking in medical students? by D'Antoni, Anthony V, Zipp, Genevieve Pinto, Olson, Valerie G, Cahill, Terrence F

“…A learning strategy underutilized in medical education is mind mapping. Mind maps are multi-sensory tools that may help medical students organize, integrate,…”
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Identifying environmental versus phylogenetic correlates of behavioural ecology in gibbons: implications for conservation management of the world's rarest ape by Bryant, Jessica V, Olson, Valérie A, Chatterjee, Helen J, Turvey, Samuel T

“…For conservation of highly threatened species to be effective, it is crucial to differentiate natural population parameters from atypical behavioural,…”
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Global patterns of geographic range size in birds by Orme, C David L, Davies, Richard G, Olson, Valerie A, Thomas, Gavin H, Ding, Tzung-Su, Rasmussen, Pamela C, Ridgely, Robert S, Stattersfield, Ali J, Bennett, Peter M, Owens, Ian P F, Blackburn, Tim M, Gaston, Kevin J

“…Large-scale patterns of spatial variation in species geographic range size are central to many fundamental questions in macroecology and conservation biology…”
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Topographical organization of GABAergic neurons within the ventral tegmental area of the rat by Olson, Valerie G., Nestler, Eric J.

“…The ventral tegmental area (VTA), the origin of dopaminergic cell bodies that comprise the mesocorticolimibic DA system, is widely implicated in drug and…”
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Political Ecology in the Extreme: Asteroid Activism and the Making of an Environmental Solar System by Olson, Valerie A.

“…This case study examines how, in a post-Cold War context, aerospace and astronautics practices and policies are becoming more comprehensively attached to…”
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Species' life-history traits explain interspecific variation in reservoir competence: a possible mechanism underlying the dilution effect by Huang, Zheng Y X, de Boer, Willem F, van Langevelde, Frank, Olson, Valerie, Blackburn, Tim M, Prins, Herbert H T

“…Hosts species for multi-host pathogens show considerable variation in the species' reservoir competence, which is usually used to measure species' potential to…”
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Global hotspots of species richness are not congruent with endemism or threat by Owens, Ian P. F, Orme, C. David L, Davies, Richard G, Burgess, Malcolm, Eigenbrod, Felix, Pickup, Nicola, Olson, Valerie A, Webster, Andrea J, Ding, Tzung-Su, Rasmussen, Pamela C, Ridgely, Robert S, Stattersfield, Ali J, Bennett, Peter M, Blackburn, Tim M, Gaston, Kevin J

“…Biodiversity hotspots have a prominent role in conservation biology, but it remains controversial to what extent different types of hotspot are congruent…”
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GLT-1 loss accelerates cognitive deficit onset in an Alzheimer's disease animal model by Mookherjee, Paramita, Green, Pattie S, Watson, G Stennis, Marques, Marcos A, Tanaka, Kohichi, Meeker, Kole D, Meabon, James S, Li, Ning, Zhu, Ping, Olson, Valerie G, Cook, David G

“…Glutamate transporters regulate normal synaptic network interactions and prevent neurotoxicity by rapidly clearing extracellular glutamate. GLT-1, the dominant…”
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Topography, energy and the global distribution of bird species richness by Davies, Richard G, Orme, C. David L, Storch, David, Olson, Valerie A, Thomas, Gavin H, Ross, Simon G, Ding, Tzung-Su, Rasmussen, Pamela C, Bennett, Peter M, Owens, Ian P.F, Blackburn, Tim M, Gaston, Kevin J

“…A major goal of ecology is to determine the causes of the latitudinal gradient in global distribution of species richness. Current evidence points to either…”
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The Role of Norepinephrine in Differential Response to Stress in an Animal Model of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Olson, Valerie G, Rockett, Hannah R, Reh, Rebecca K, Redila, Van A, Tran, Phuong M, Venkov, Heli A, DeFino, Mia C, Hague, Chris, Peskind, Elaine R, Szot, Patricia, Raskind, Murray A

“…Background Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prevalent psychiatric disorder precipitated by exposure to extreme traumatic stress. Yet, most individuals…”
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The Ecobiopolitics of Space Biomedicine by Olson, Valerie A.

“…Using data from an ethnographic study of American astronautics, I argue that, in an inversion of the usual clinical model, astronaut medical subjecthood is…”
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Spatial turnover in the global avifauna by Gaston, Kevin J, Davies, Richard G, Orme, C. David L, Olson, Valerie A, Thomas, Gavin H, Ding, Tzung-Su, Rasmussen, Pamela C, Lennon, Jack J, Bennett, Peter M, Owens, Ian P.F, Blackburn, Tim M

“…Despite its wide implications for many ecological issues, the global pattern of spatial turnover in the occurrence of species has been little studied, unlike…”
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Refractory Myoclonus as a Presentation of Metabolic Stroke in A Child With Cobalamin B Methylmalonic Acidemia After Liver and Kidney Transplant by Olson, Valerie, Chang, Irene J, Merritt, J Lawrence, Mingbunjerdsuk, Dararat

“…Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) is a group of inherited metabolic disorders affecting methylmalonate and cobalamin (Cbl) metabolism that lead to the accumulation…”
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Role of Noradrenergic Signaling by the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius in Mediating Opiate Reward by Olson, Valerie G, Heusner, Carrie L, Bland, Ross J, During, Matthew J, Weinshenker, David, Palmiter, Richard D

“…Norepinephrine (NE) is widely implicated in opiate withdrawal, but much less is known about its role in opiate-induced locomotion and reward. In mice lacking…”
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Interrater reliability of the mind map assessment rubric in a cohort of medical students by D'Antoni, Anthony V, Zipp, Genevieve Pinto, Olson, Valerie G

“…Learning strategies are thinking tools that students can use to actively acquire information. Examples of learning strategies include mnemonics, charts, and…”
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Role of cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein in the Rat Locus Ceruleus: Regulation of Neuronal Activity and Opiate Withdrawal Behaviors by Han, Ming-Hu, Bolanos, Carlos A, Green, Thomas A, Olson, Valerie G, Neve, Rachael L, Liu, Rong-Jian, Aghajanian, George K, Nestler, Eric J

“…The transcription factor cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) is implicated in mediating the actions of chronic morphine in the locus ceruleus (LC),…”
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